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Despite their unjustified affiliation with Klaxons (FYI other than hailing from New Cross, Pull Tiger Tail are as far removed from [puke] rave as Atlantis is from Interzone… I think) Tigers Marcus, Davo and Jack have firmly straddled the fence where most are concerned. Sure, their Topman poster boy good looks helped fuel the A&R 100 yard dash to sign their souls (gold went to B-Unique), but, ‘Animator’ aside (a song that tonight is unquestionably the band’s tour de force), have PTT really got the tunes they need? For some here at the Myspace Bleep Bleep Tour, the huff of, “Why am I here? It’s full of scenesters,” spoken by a neon clad, skinny jeaned waif of a girl, looking, dare it be suggested, rather ‘scene’, suggests no, they don’t. But for most refusing to come down from Hadouken!’s proceeding set, Pull Tiger Tail are tonight heroes of naively innocent guitar pop, with an arsenal of shoulder shakers that see a thousand glow sticks launched stagewards in a fit of celebration. And you can officially lump Loud And Quiet in with said childish rule breakers and admirers.
Perhaps to blame for our until now wavering PTT opinion, ‘Mr 100 Percent’ – the unlucky number that had to follow ‘Animator’ as the band’s second single release – sits highly on the bill, opening this evening. It still fails to wow but what its desperate, self-comforting overtones fail to achieve (“I won’t make the same mistake again,” assures singer Marcus throughout), the band’s live performance instantly makes up for. Like the more realistic comparison of a We Are Scientists gig, this trio are musicians before anything else.
The sure fire hit of ‘Hurricane’ quite literally flies around ULU, ripping more flouro sticks out of fan’s hands and emptying plastic cups of lemonade from ID’d kids needing anything to throw in the air. By this time the indie disco crafted ‘Let’s Lightning’ only serves to confirm that Pull Tiger Tail are probably going to be as huge as Kasier Chiefs whether you like it or not. And deservedly so because the time on the fence is over, PTT do have the tunes.
Originally appeared in volume 1, issue 21 of Loud & Quiet magazine
